How to create .iso files?? ideally free.

lloydsj · 29 Aug 2007 at 09:57

Hi,

I've got a number of original software CD's/DVD's that I want to backup to .iso files on my pc. What is the best software to do this??? ideally free???

I already have daemon tools and nero, is it possible to do it with these? and wondered if there was advantages of using one over another (compression levels etc) or whether there is another piece of software which is better than both those for this task?

Cheers.

lloydsj · 29 Aug 2007 at 10:05

TrUz said:
I think ImgBurn can do this, might be wrong though.

TrUz

Aye i've got imgburn too... but couldn't see how to do it in there.

lloydsj · 29 Aug 2007 at 10:52

To my understanding... these methods above would just create a .iso file out of files and folders that i select, therefore skipping boot info etc that is specific to it being on a cd. I want an 'exact' copy of the cd's on my pc... not just the files/folders stored on the cd.

Or am i missing something here... and the boot info etc is just stored in the autorun file and thats all i need?

Please advise.

Cheers

lloydsj · 29 Aug 2007 at 13:08

Azraeluk said:
IMGBurn in Read mode makes and exact copy of the disc as a .iso if its an bootable disk the iso is bootable. its a 1-to-1 copy of the source.

Ok thanks... that sounds spot on.